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What Does Windows 7 Mean To You?
Will the upcoming new version of Windows be yet another Vista for PC gamers to worry about, or will Windows 7 be a boon for the mouse and keyboard set? TechRadar takes a look. When I first upgraded to Windows Vista, I wasn’t just disappointed. I was depressed. It looked lovely, had all these new…
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Tired of “Mortal Kombat Killer”? How About “Xbox Taco Assailant”
Law enforcement near Orlando, Fla., have in custody a 19-year-old who refused to stop playing games to join his family for dinner and threw a taco at his mother after she unplugged his Xbox. Intrepid and indispensible local news resource WOFL-TV of Orlando reports that alleged Xbox Taco Assailant Zachary Moir is in the Volusia…
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Microsoft Retires Gamerscore Blog
Gamerscore Blog, an important part of Microsoft’s Xbox community outreach for several years, is being retired. Microsoft will now focus that effort through Xbox.com and the Xbox dashboard. In the final post, published yesterday at 5 p.m., Gamerscore said that internal housekeeping had organized community outreach into several channels, making Gamerscore a little redundant, making…
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Microsoft: Peddling Add-Ons Works For Us
Sony recently called out Microsoft and Nintendo for having consoles that require add-ons in order to offer the total package. Now Xbox 360 group PR manager David Dennis responds, and fires right back. Speaking to Edge, Dennis offered his response to Sony’s add-on peddling claims, much like Xbox 360 group product manager Andrew Greenberg did…
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January Lips DLC Finds That Lovin’ Feelin’
With nine new songs from the likes of Fallout Boy, The Pussycat Dolls, and The Righteous Brothers due out in January, the Lips song catalog should exceed 70 songs by month’s end. Nine new songs are headed to Lips this month, beginning on January 16th when we’ll finally be able to recreate the bar scene…
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Sumthing Else Releasing Halo Wars Soundtrack
Sumthing Else Music Works continues to release music for every big game Microsoft releases, with the announcement that the Halo Wars Soundtrack by Stephen Rippy will be available for purchase on February 17th. The entire Halo Wars soundtrack, composed by Stephen Rippy and performed by FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir Prague is represented in the upcoming…
By Mike Fahey